Bercovitch S. The Puritian Origins of the American Self / Sacvan Bercovitch. — New Haven London : Yale University Press, 1975. — 250 p.
Анотація: "Perhaps the most penetrating examination yet published of 'the sources of our obsessive concern with the meaning of America.'" -- Jack P. Greene, History
"The most valuable achievement in colonial American literature since the best work of Perry Miller." -- David Levin, William and Mary Quarterly
"A brave and brilliant book…that is the most significant and far-reaching contribution to the theory of American literature in recent years." -- Alan Trachtenberg, Partisan Review
"A study which reaches with daring ease from the Bible and Augustine to Emerson and Whitman…[and] offers an agenda for the next several decades of scholarly work on colonial religious studies." -- John F. Wilson, Theology Today
"…casts a dazzling light on the myth of America and the conundrums of individuality and community that are the core of the American character." -- Michael Zuckerman, Early American Literature